The Rice University School Mathematics Project (RUSMP), a cornerstone of STEM outreach for nearly four decades, has formally joined the Rice Center for Education within the Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies.
Rice students help feed Houston: Social policy analysis capstone connects research and community
Students volunteer and observe a Second Servings pop-up through the capstone project for Rice’s social policy analysis major.
Campanile Orchestra unites non-music majors for Nov. 23 concert
Its 85 members include students from across the university, from engineers and biologists to economists and future physicians, all united by their love of music.
Global affairs major prepares Rice students to lead across borders
Rice’s global affairs major will give students a chance to study global issues through different lenses — political, cultural and economic — while gaining hands-on experience at home and abroad.
The Rice Business School at has secured the No. 1 ranking in graduate entrepreneurship education for the seventh year in a row, as named by The Princeton Review in partnership with Entrepreneur magazine. This sustained leadership reflects the school’s enduring commitment to innovation, venture creation and the cultivation of an entrepreneurial environment to build talent.
Training musicians, teachers, music lovers: A new era for conducting at Shepherd School
Under Miguel Harth-Bedoya’s direction, the Shepherd School of Music revived the Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting, a program that reflects his belief that conducting is not only a craft but also a calling rooted in generosity, listening and lifelong curiosity.
New recharge-to-recycle reactor turns battery waste into new lithium feedstock
A team of engineers at Rice has developed a cleaner approach to lithium recycling by recharging the waste cathode materials to coax out lithium ions into water.
Rice to launch Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
The result of several years of collaboration among Rice’s creative writing faculty, the three-year graduate program will welcome its first cohort in fall 2026.
Rice alumnus Gaffigan to helm Houston Grand Opera as music director
James Gaffigan, a 2003 graduate of the Shepherd School of Music, becomes only the fifth music director in Houston Grand Opera’s 70-year history.
‘Religion happens everywhere’: Brunton connects faith, environment, ethics of energy
“Religious studies lets you inhabit another person’s worldview,” said Judith Ellen Brunton, assistant professor of religion and a Boniuk Institute Faculty Fellow.
Alexandria Shockney, a second-year doctoral student, studies the migration physiology of the Mexican free-tailed bat.
Rice scholar offers insight into politics, identity shaping modern France
Julie Fette's research spans issues of gender, race and citizenship in France, including how elites and institutions have shaped — and been shaped by — the nation’s values.
Art meets science in new Moody exhibit showcasing coral reef fish
A new display at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts showcases work led by Kory Evans, assistant professor of biosciences, whose research examines how bony fish adapt, diversify and survive amid a rapidly changing climate.
Levander joins ‘Keen On America’ to discuss innovation in higher education
Vice President for Global Strategy Caroline Levander argued that higher education is facing a pivotal moment — one in which institutions must decide whether to preserve the past or build for the future.
Korde opens Rice360 Global Health Seminar Series with focus on policy and global health
Sonali Korde, the MD Anderson Visiting Fellow at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, kicked off the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies Seminar Series Oct. 8 with a talk exploring the intersection of global health, foreign policy and humanitarian affairs.